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Title: The world of the great forest : how animals, birds, reptiles, insects talk, think, work, and live
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903 Knight, C. R., ill Gleeson, Joseph M. (Joseph Michael), 1861- ill
Subjects: Animals
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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er creatures fled to escape theirdreaded enemy. No one attacked the other, for intheir flight they were too frightened and too much ina hurry to get away and save their own lives. Theyhad all lost their appetites. Beautiful birds of all kinds followed the columns ofbashikouays, picking up insects as they fled and oftenbashikouays themselves. In one place the bashikouays had succeeded in sur-rounding a njokoo. In an instant myriads of themwere on his body. They covered the inside of histrunk and ears, also his eyes. The poor njokoo fledfor his life, and disappeared in the forest, tearing every-thing before him, making for a river. Some of the men of the woods had narrow escapes.They received great bites and gave shrieks of pain.They had never run so fast in their lives, and did notstop until they thought they were out of danger.Here a njego was to be seen fleeing with her tiny littlebaby in her mouth, carrying him away from the bashi-kouays. She had been obliged to leave two little 288
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THE BASHIKOUAY ANTS ones in her lair. When the bashikouays reached thelair, they precipitated themselves with great frenzyupon the little njegos, who soon were black withthem. In a short time only their bones were left,and the bashikouays continued on their errand ofdestruction. All the abodes of the night prowlers that were inthe way of this great army were visited, and the young

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